Euglena spirogyra Ehrenberg 1832

Publication Details
Euglena spirogyra Ehrenberg 1832: 83, pl. 6: fig. 4

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung, besonders in Sibirien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1830: 1-88, 8 plates.

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Publication date: 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis spirogyroides B.Marin & Melkonian.

Source of Synonymy
Jurán, J. (2017). The checklist of photosynthetic euglenoids (order Euglenales) of the Czech Republic: ecology, taxonomy, distribution. Phytotaxa 317(1): 1-16.

Type Information
Type locality: Germany, Berlin; (INA 1996) Notes: Kosmala et al. (2005: 1263) give the following data: Lectotype: Fig. 4 in Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitnung, besonders in Sibirien; plate 6, 1830 (1832); Epitype: Lepocinclis spirogyroides strain SAG-1224/13b, permanently preserved material (cells in resin, for electron microscopy) deposited at the Herbarium of the Department of Plant Systematic and Geography at Warsaw University, PL-00-478 Warsaw, Poland. Figure 1B is an illustration of the epitype. SEE ALSO Chaber et al., 2022: 115 and type data for Lepocinclis spyrogyroides.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 March 2022

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